Species Roundup
A new study documents the rate at which species are moving toward the poles or up the sides of mountains to escape climate change.
Organic Chicken Farms
Removing antibiotics from poultry farms could have immediate public health implications.
Ancient Food Roundup
Lager beers have been around for about 500 years, thanks to the meeting of yeasts from the Old and New World.
Free-Market Fungi
Symbiotic plants and fungi reward generous trade partners and punish stingy ones.
Shrinking Brains
Our brains shrink by up to 15% over our lifetimes, but those of chimpanzees do not.
Pregnant Pleisiosaur
A pregnant reptilian fossil clears up a long-standing paleontology mystery.
Podcast for 26 August 2011
FEAR, LIES & SHRINKING BRAINS - Why our brains shrink, but chimps' don't, why computers are better at spotting lies than we are, and an enzyme for fear. Also, medical electronics that resemble tattoos, and how organic chicken farms could be a boon to public health.
Blood Sucker Roundup
Diseases spread by mosquitoes plague millions of people. But what if people could make mosquitoes sick instead?
Dolphin Healing
Dolphins heal remarkably well after massive shark bites, and scientists want to know how they do it.
Problem-Solving Lizards
Some lizards can solve problems as well as birds and mammals.
Rocking Sleep
Rocking helps adults fall asleep faster and enter deeper sleep.
Plant Sonar
A Cuban plant has acoustically-enhanced leaves that help pollinating bats find it in the dark.
Podcast for 5 August 2011
BATS & DOLPHINS: Dolphins that heal themselves, and dolphins that use electroreception in addition to echolocation. Also, How vampire bats find their prey, and how a Cuban plant takes advantage of a bat's ability to echolocate.
Backyard Roundup
Opossums and snakes are locked in a battle of evolutionary proportions.
Dinosaur Bones
Holes in fossil bones suggest that dinosaurs were warm-blooded.
Podcast for 29 July 2011
REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS - Fossil anatomy sheds light on whether dinosaurs were warm-blooded, why some lizards are smarter than you think, opossums and snakes locked in a deadly arms race, and why frogs don't lose their grip.
Loudest Animal
The mating calls of an insect called the water boatman are much louder than expected given the bug’s diminutive size.
Podcast for 22 July 2011
THE BRAIN & SOCIETY: How the brain experiences beauty, what soccer reveals about the mind, and why lazing around in a hammock could benefit your memory. Also, how your cell phone could help you kick the habit.
Comfort Food Hormone
A hormone called ghrelin is a key part of how stress triggers mice to seek out fatty food.